GOVERNMENT OF MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1700 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

ONGOING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN

1700. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) the present status of various ongoing railway projects in Bihar;

(b) the steps taken by the Railways to complete the said projects in a time bound manner;

(c) whether the Government of Bihar has proposed to bear some cost of the said projects for their timely completion;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the reaction of the Railways thereto?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1700 BY SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL TO BE ANSWERED IN ON 13.02.2019 REGARDING ONGOING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN BIHAR.

(a) At present 53 Railway projects comprising 34 New Lines (2940 km), 5

Gauge conversions (1005 km) and 14 Doublings (940 km) having a total cost of ₹62698 crore falling partly / fully in the State of Bihar are in different stages of planning/sanction/execution. Status of these projects are as under:-

S. Project Year of Antici- Status No Sanction pated cost (₹ in crore) New Lines: 1 Rampurhat-Mandarhill 1995-96 1126 Rampurhat - Mandarhill via via Dumka (130 km) Dumka (130km) new line project with new MM for has been commissioned. Rampurhat-Murarai (29 Work has been taken up on MM km)- 3rd line portion of Rampurhat-Murarai 3rd line. 2 Sakri-Hasanpur 1996-97 718 Sakri-Harnagar (44 km) work has (79 km) been commissioned. Works have been taken up on balance section. 3 Khagaria- 1996-97 571 Work has been taken up. Kusheshwarsthan (44 km) 4 Deoghar-Sultanganj 2000-01 1425 Banka-Deoghar via Chandan (55 including Banka- km) and Banka-Barhat (15 km) Barahat and Banka- MM commissioned. Bhitiah Road (153km) Banka-Sultanganj (61 km) and Banka-Bithia (22 km) have been pended in view of parallel existing line of Bhagalpur-Barhat line. 5 Koderma-Tilaiya 2001-02 563 Tilaiya-Kharaund (24 Km) (65 km) section: Work has been completed. Kharaund-Jharahi-Koderma (41 km) section: Work has been taken up. 6 Rajgir-Hisua-Tilaiya (46 2001-02 528 Rajgir-Tilaiya (46 km) has been km) &Natesar-Islampur commissioned. Work has been (21 km) taken up in Natesar-Islampur (21 Km) section. 7 Fatuha-Islampur incl. 2001-02 670 Fatuha-Islampur (43 km) and MM for extension of NL Daniawan-Biharsharif (38 km) from Daniawan to sections have been Biharsharif, Biharsharif commissioned. to Barbigha, Barbigha Work has been taken up in to Shekhpura (172 km) balance section. 8 Maharajganj-Masrakh 2003-04 412 Maharajganj-Masrakh (36 km) (36 km) with MM for has been commissioned. New Line between Masrakh-Rewaghat (30 km) 9 Kosi Bridge (22 km) 2003-04 516 Main bridge has been completed. Commissioning of bridge can be possible only after completion of Sakri-Nirmali and - Sarayagarh gauge conversion section. 10 Hajipur-Sagauli via 2003-04 2067 Hajipur-Ghoshwar (5 Km) section Vaishali (150 km) has been commissioned. Ghoshwar-Kesariya (83 Km) section:- Work has been taken up. Kesariya-Sagauli (62 Km) section:- Land acquisition has been taken up. 11 Hathua-Bhatni 2005-06 719 Hathua-Panchdeori (31 km) (80 km) section has been commissioned. Land acquisition taken up in balance section. 12 - 2005-06 367 Final Location Survey has been Kusheshwarasthan completed and land acquisition (70km) taken up. 13 Araria-Galgalia 2006-07 2132 Detailed estimate has been (Thakurganj) (100km) sanctioned on 29.05.2018. Land acquisition has been taken up. 14 Paniyahawa-Chhitauni- 2006-07 270 (i) Paniyahawa-Jatha (13.55 Km) Tumkuhi Road (62.55 section: Work has been taken up. Km) (ii) Jatha-Tumkuhi Road (49 km)- Land acquisition has been taken up. 15 Chhapra-Muzzafarpur 2006-07 2614 Land acquisition has been taken (85km) up 16 Motihari- 2006-07 1006 A proposal for part execution of (77 km) the project from Sitamarhi to Shivhar (28 Km) has been taken up. 17 Bariarpur-Mananpur via 2007-08 251 Land acquisition has been taken Kharagpur, Lachmipur- up. Barhat (68 km) 18 Bihta-Aurangabad via 2007-08 2995 Part detailed estimate Anugrahanarayan Road amounting ₹960.05 crore for (118 km ) Bihta-Paliganj (28 km) section is under examination. 19 Sultanganj-Katuria via 2007-08 1261 Land acquisition has been taken Asarganj, Tarapur up. &Belhar) (75 km) 20 Ara-Bhabua Road (122 2008-09 2397 Final Location Survey has been km) and Bhabhua taken up. Road- Mundeshwaridham (25 km) new line MM 21 Araria- (92 km) 2008-09 1605 Land acquisition has been taken up. 22 Dehri on Sone-Banjari 2008-09 836 Final Location Survey has been (35 km) completed. 23 Gaya-Bodhgaya- 2008-09 4543 Final Location Survey has been Chatra, Gaya-Natesar completed. Land acquisition (Nalanda) (135 km) could not be processed due to abnormal increase in land cost.

24 Gaya-Daltonganj via 2008-09 2860 Final Location Survey has been Rafiganj (137 km) taken up.

25 Jalalgarh-Kishanganj 2008-09 1300 Final Location Survey has been (50 km) completed. 26 Kursela- 2008-09 194 Final Location Survey has been (35 km) completed. 27 Muzaffarpur-Darbhanga 2008-09 870 Final Location Survey has been (67 km) completed. 28 Muzaffarpur-Katra- 2008-09 865 Final Location Survey has been Orai- Road completed. (66 km 29 Nawada-Laxmipur (137 2008-09 2629 Final Location Survey has been km) completed. 30 Sitamarhi-Jayanagar- 2008-09 2393 Final Location Survey (FLS) has Nirmali via Sursand been completed. (188km) 31 Jogbani- 2010-11 560 Bathnaha- custom yard (8 Biratnagar(Nepal) Km): Commisioned. (18 km) Work has been taken up in remaining section. 32 Pirpainti-Jasidih (97 2013-14 2138 Being executed in two phases km) namely (i) Godda-Pirpainti (60 km) and (ii) Mohanpur-Hansdiha (37 km). Land acquisition taken up. 33 Vikramshila - Katareah 2016-17 2173 Included in Railway Budget (Pirpainthi-Naugachia) 2016-17 subject to requisite (30 km) approval from Government. 34 Wazirganj-Jethian via 2017-18 452 Included in Railway Budget Gehlaur (20 km) 2017-18 subject to requisite approval from Government. Gauge conversions: 1 Mansi-Saharsa, 1996-97 749 Main Gauge conversion work incl.Saharsa- from Mansi-Saharsa-Purnia (143 DauramMadhepura- km) has been commissioned. Purnia (171 km) Banmankhi-Bihariganj (28 km) :Work taken up. 2 Jaynagar-Darbhanga- 1997-98 1044 Jaynagar-Darbhanga-Sitamarhi- Narkatiaganj- Raxaul-Narkatiaganj (260 km) Bhiknatori (295 km) has been commissioned. Narkatiyaganj-Gaunaha: Work has been taken up.

3 Jogbani-Katihar with 2000-01 1600 Jogani-Katihar (108km), Katihar- ext.uptoRadhikapur, Barsoi-Radhikapur (89 km) Katihar-Tejnarayanpur &Katihar- Teznarayanpur (39 (236 Km) & new MM of Km) MM sections have been new line for Raiganj- commissioned. Dalkhola (43 km) Raiganj-Dalkhola (43Km) new line MM section: Land acquisition has been taken up. 4 Sakri-Laukaha Bazar- 2003-04 1470.5 Work has been taken up. Nirmali&Saharsa- (206km) 5 Jaynagar-Bijalpura, 2010-11 548 Jaynagar-Kurtha section (34 incl. extn. between, Km): work has been completed. Bijalpura-Bardibas Work has been taken up on (Nepal)(69km) remaining sections. Doublings: 1 Pirpainti-Bhagalpur (59 2011-12 332 Pirpainti-Kahalgaon (20 Km) km) doubling section has been commissioned. Kahalgaon-Bhagalpur (39 Km) : Work has been taken up. 2 Chhapra-Ballia Patch 2012-13 477 Work has been taken up. Doubling (65 km) 3 Katreah-Kursela patch 2012-13 99 Work has been taken up. Doubling incl. bridge on river Kosi (7 km) 4 Hajipur-Ramdayalu 2013-14 367 Hajipur-Ghoshwar (5 Km) and (48km) Ramdayalu-Kurhani (14 Km) sections have been commissioned. Works have been taken up on balance section of the project. 5 Patratu-Sonnagar 3rd 2015-16 3406 Work has been taken up. line (291 km) 6 Hajipur-Bachwara (72 2015-16 679 Work has been taken up. km) 7 Samastipur-Darbhanga 2015-16 491 Work has been taken up. (38 km)

8 Kiul-Gaya (124 km) 2015-16 1200 Work has been taken up.

9 Rampur Dumra-Tal- 2015-16 1491 Work has been taken up. Rajendrapul-Addl bridge and doubling (14 km) 10 KarotaPatner - 2016-17 129 Work has been taken up Mankatha - Surface triangle line (10km) 11 Gaya - Bypass line for 2016-17 30 Work has been taken up Manpur (2 km) 12 Sagauli - Valmikinagar 2016-17 1215 Work has been taken up (109.7 km) 13 Muzaffarpur - Sagauli 2016-17 1186 Work has been taken up (100.6 km) 14 Darbhanga Bye-Pass New work included in 2018-19 line connecting Shisho subject to requisite approval of Halt and Kakarghati Government. 2018-19 130.5 excluding Darbhanga yard (7.6 Km)

(b): To expedite completion of these projects, Railways have arranged additional funds by way of loan from M/s LIC for funding throughput enhancement projects and regular coordination meetings are held with

Ministries/Department/State Government Authorities to expedite above- mentioned clearances. Other measures taken to expedite completion are prioritization of projects, inviting the State Governments to participate with

Railways for resource mobilization for projects, etc.

(c): No, Madam. Government of Bihar has not proposed to bear cost of any

Railway projects falling fully/partly in Bihar.

(d) & (e): Do not arise.

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